And what a brainsick fool Ralph Roister Doister is,

Yourself knows well enough.

T. Trusty. Ye say full true, i-wis.

C. Custance. Because to be his wife I ne grant nor apply,

Hither will he come, he sweareth, by and by,

To kill both me and mine, and beat down my house flat;

Therefore I pray your aid.

T. Trusty. I warrant you that.

C. Custance. Have I so many years lived a sober life,

And showed myself honest: maid, widow, and wife,